"Well, what can you do? We try to get well-known people in our movies to get some awareness going and to get attention, and then I guess you can't really complain when the attention takes an unwanted turn. The only thing that bums me out about the entire experience is that it didn't make more money.

I don't mind being hated by the critics. It's interesting to see how the press covers it. After the opening weekend, they were happy to proclaim that we had "tanked." Bratz (2007) and Hot Rod (2007) came out the next weekend and when you look at the amount of screens they were on, they basically had the same box office results we did.

But come Monday morning, those films 'had difficulty finding an audience in a crowded marketplace.' Well, at least they didn't tank! But whatever, you know, press and publicity is so fleeting that it's hard to take seriously whether it's positive or negative. The only thing to do is ignore it and make more movies."